Three networks and a car cover the whole peninsula between them — but each reaches its own places, and none of them shares a ticket. Here is what gets you where.
Timetables change seasonally and the last useful return leaves earlier than you expect. Check the operator on the day — we do not publish a schedule or fare we have not re-checked.
Sorrento to Pompeii, Herculaneum and Naples. Frequent, cheap, unglamorous, and often crowded. It does not go anywhere else.
The coast road toward Positano and Amalfi, and the mountain villages: Sant’Agata, Termini, Nerano. Buy tickets before boarding, at a tabacchi — buses do not sell them. Buses fill early in summer, and the last useful return leaves earlier than you expect. Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi is the hub: without a car, everything on the southern side connects through it.
Capri, Positano, Amalfi and Naples, from Marina Piccola. Faster and far more pleasant than the coast road, and weather-dependent. A trick worth knowing: a morning ferry from Positano to Amalfi connects with the bus up to Bomerano, and is often faster than going by road.
→ The beaches around Marina PiccolaNerano and Marina del Cantone — buses run, slowly and infrequently. Termini and Punta Campanella — same. Bomerano, for the Path of the Gods, is reachable by bus via Amalfi, but it takes hours.
Parking is paid, limited, and full by nine in August. Published rates vary between €10 and €25 a day. And the one-way problem: the Path of the Gods ends on the other side of the mountain from where it starts. Leave the car.
Most of the peninsula is reachable without a car — but you switch between three networks, and none of them shares a ticket. Three things worth knowing before you set off.
A morning ferry from Positano to Amalfi connects with the bus up to Bomerano — often faster than going by road.
Travelling without a car, everything on the southern side of the peninsula connects through Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi.
Buses fill early in summer, and the last useful return leaves earlier than you expect. Check the timetable on the day: it changes with the season.
Confirm departure times on the day — ferry, SITA and Circumvesuviana timetables all change seasonally. More on the Plan pages.
SITA bus tickets must be bought before boarding — at a tabacchi, not from the driver — and buses fill early in summer. Ferries are weather-dependent, so always check the last useful departure before you set off.
No, and parking is difficult. Trains, buses and ferries reach most places, slowly.
SITA Sud buses from Sorrento or Sant’Agata, or by boat in summer.
At a tabacchi before boarding. Not on the bus.
Bus to Amalfi, then bus toward Agerola. Roughly two hours from Sorrento.
Usually. Faster, more comfortable, and weather permitting, more beautiful.
Timetables change seasonally, and some operator information is in Italian only. Always check the official source before you travel — we do not publish a schedule or fare we have not re-checked ourselves. The parking figure is a published range, not a fixed price.